While my small painting project is winding down, I'm gearing up for something bigger.I won't stop painting these small and quicker paintings, they are almost an extension of me by now, but I am going to be starting some larger and more complex landscapes of
I did expect to paint flowers, just not exactly these. I spent well over an hour setting up a little group of flowers in a vase, arranging and then rearranging.Then when I took a few out and set them aside in a jar, I saw
The cold has descended on Rome.Can you tell that I'm obsessed with the weather?Well, mostly because I'm outside everyday and the first thing I do in the morning and before going to bed each night is look at the hour-by-hour forecast to decide when and
Rainy, wet and cold. The perfect day to paint something colorful in the studio.I felt the need for another shot at the clementines, I wasn't done with them just yet. So today found me rearranging them (again) in the studio as the rain poured down.Winter's
Are you ever amazed by how much you accomplish in a day?I continually am.Getting up and going out to make a painting, photographing and writing a blog and newsletter post all before lunch, leaving me time to do other boring paper work never ceases to
Did you ever visit an artist working in their studio? Isn't it an exciting experience to get a glimpse inside their mind, world and art?Today I took the chance to visit a good friend a brilliant mosaicist Megan Mahan in her studio here in Rome. After asking
What's your favorite place in Rome?Some of you already know and then some of you are like me, undecided.I'm always adding to and changing my list of favorite places around the city, but surely this place is up there on the list: San Lorenzo.Morning at
Oops! Yesterday while out teaching a plein air workshop here in Rome, I had a narrow window of time to get down a small painting.The only problem was that the panel I was painting on was prepared with a clear glue and in my hurried state